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A look at Speaker Paul Ryan's political career

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan announces he will not run for reelection in 2018 but will serve out his term during a press conference in the US Capitol in Washington on April 11, 2018. Ryan said that he was proud of his accomplishments but he wanted to be able to spend more time with his wife and teenage children.

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A look at Speaker Paul Ryan's political career

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Speaker of the House Paul Ryan announces he will not run for reelection in 2018 but will serve out his term during a press conference in the US Capitol in Washington on April 11, 2018. Ryan said that he was proud of his accomplishments but he wanted to be able to spend more time with his wife and teenage children.
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Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) responds to a question from the news media during a press conference about the upcoming spending bill vote in the Capitol in Washington on March 22, 2018. The house was planning to vote on the 1.3 trillion US dollars, 2,232-page 'omnibus' spending bill today so the Senate could take it up before a possible government shutdown.
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Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (C) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (L) listen to remarks during the Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony for the Office of Strategic Services in Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitors Center in Washington on March 21, 2018. Leaders of the US House and Senate presented a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of the members of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) for their historic contributions during World War II.
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Paul Ryan greets President Donald Trump to speak to the National Republican Congressional Committee March Dinner, at the National Building Museum, March 20, 2018, in Washington.
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Paul Ryan holds up a pint of Guinness as he proposes a toast during the Friends of Ireland luncheon at the United States Capitol March 15, 2018 in Washington, DC. . The Taoiseach is visiting as part of the traditional St. Patrick's Day celebrations.
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Paul Ryan, joined at left by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., meets with reporters following a GOP strategy session, at the Capitol in Washington, March 14, 2018. With the Democrat edging past the Republican in the Pennsylvania special election in a Trump-heavy district, Ryan fielded questions on whether it was a wake-up call for the November midterms.
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Paul Ryan responds to a question from the news media during a press conference on military readiness and spending in the US Capitol in Washington, DC on Feb. 8, 2018. The Senate will vote today on a two year budget deal, that will then go to the House for their up or down vote with a government shutdown in the balance.
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President Trump greets Paul Ryan before delivering the State of the Union address on Jan. 30, 2018 from the House chamber of the United States Capitol in Washington.
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The signatures of Paul Ryan and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, foreground can be seen as Ryan, left, and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, second from left, congratulate each other after signing the final version of the GOP tax bill during an enrollment ceremony at the Capitol in Washington on Dec. 21, 2017.
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Paul Ryan along with other House Republicans, speaks about the GOP tax overhaul in the Longworth House Office Building in Washington on Nov. 2, 2017. The plan seeks up to six trillion dollars in tax cuts over 10 years.
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Paul Ryan uses a monitor to give a presentation on a Republican plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with the American Health Care Act, on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 9, 2017.
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President Trump shakes hands with Ryan before a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on June 6, 2017.
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Ryan walks past a bank of television cameras on his way to a meeting with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and members of the House at the U.S. Capitol on May 19, 2017.
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Ryan embraces Karen Handel, the Republican candidate for Georgia's 6th district special election, as he campaigns for her at an event in Dunwoody, Ga., on May 15, 2017.
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Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson looks up at the ornate ceiling as he walks with Ryan in the Foreign Office on April 20, 2017, in London.
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Ryan speaks during the 1st Congressional District Republican Party of Wisconsin Fall Fest on Oct. 8, 2016, at the Walworth County Fairgrounds in Elkhorn, Wis.
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Ryan and Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, talk while Alaska recounts their votes during the second day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on July 19, 2016.
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Ryan arrives for a news conference on Capitol Hill on May 12, 2016.
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President Obama and Ryan shake hands during a lunch celebrating St. Patrick's Day for Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, center, on Capitol Hill on March 15, 2016.
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President Obama greets Ryan and Vice President Biden after arriving to deliver his final State of the Union Address on Jan. 12, 2016.
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Ryan signs legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act and to cut off federal funding of Planned Parenthood during an enrollment ceremony in the Rayburn Room at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 7, 2016.
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Ryan strides to the chamber as the House and Senate rush to send President Obama a massive budget package on Dec. 18, 2015.
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Ryan sits in the audience before the Republican presidential debate at the Milwaukee Theatre on Nov. 10, 2015, in Milwaukee.
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Within hours of the new Congress being gaveled into session, Ryan goes before the House Rules Committee as Republicans move forward with plans to advance legislation approving the embattled Keystone XL oil pipeline on Jan. 7, 2015, on Capitol Hill.
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Ryan poses at the Hunt-n-Gear in Janesville, Wis., during an interview with USA TODAY on Aug. 7, 2014.
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Ryan and Senate Budget Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., walk together to announce a tentative agreement between Republican and Democratic negotiators on a government spending plan on Dec. 10, 2013.
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Ryan holds a copy of President Obama's fiscal 2014 budget proposal book as he questions Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Capitol Hill on April 12, 2013, as Sebelius testified before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the HHS fiscal 2014 budget request.
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Speaker of the House Paul Ryan announces he will not run for reelection in 2018 but will serve out his term during a press conference in the US Capitol in Washington on April 11, 2018. Ryan said that he was proud of his accomplishments but he wanted to be able to spend more time with his wife and teenage children.